Copy Files in Batches using Search Terms

Copy files matching search terms, from sub-directories matching search terms into a new directory.

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Tristan Ursell
File accumulator
March 2012

This function is a command line program that copy all the files in a set of sub-directories whose file names match a given set of search terms, into a new directory. The new directory's name can be specified or automatically generated. The copied files will retain their old name structure, except the sub-directory name from which they originated will be appended onto the name.

Follow the command-line instructions. File name search terms can not include single quotes. Search terms preserve spaces between words, hence do not include spaces that are not there, and are case sensitive.

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Tristan Ursell (2026). Copy Files in Batches using Search Terms (https://se.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/35817-copy-files-in-batches-using-search-terms), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.0.0.0